LSU beats Florida 18-4 to win College World Series despite losing previous game by 20 runs

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The LSU Tigers won the College World Series championship after an 18-4 victory over the Florida Gators in Game 3 of the finals Monday night, claiming its first national title since 2009.

The victory came after Florida forced a third game with a record-setting 24-4 victory in Game 2. LSU gave up the most runs ever in a College World Series game in the contest.

The Tigers (54-17) bounced back from the lopsided score and staved off elimination three times during the tournament to claim its seventh championship. They hold the second-most titles behind Southern California’s 12.

LSU fell early in the contest with a 2-0 deficit but swiftly answered with a six-run second inning. The runs kept coming throughout the game, resulting in the 14-run margin – the largest ever in a CWS final.

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The LSU Tigers finished with the most runs in a title game since USC’s 21-14 win over Arizona State in 1998. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Recording the most hits in a CWS game with an impressive 24, the Tigers also racked up the most runs in a title game since USC’s 21-14 win over Arizona State in 1998.

LSU’s Thatcher Hurd (8-3) allowed Wyatt Langford’s two-run homer in the first and then kept the Gators off the board, allowing no hits or runs while retiring 18 of the next 21 batters.

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The Tigers’ Riley Cooper took over to start the seventh inning and gave up the Gators’ Ty Evans’ CWS-record fifth homer. Gavin Guidry